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Learn more at city.com slash we are city. City. countdown your regular update on the UK's general election from the

financial times. I'm Miranda Green standing in for Seb who is out on the campaign

trail. But as you might have heard our politics podcast is now the election countdown for the next few weeks and

we will be guiding you through the highs and lows of the campaign. As well as this

our Saturday analysis of the week we're recording mini midweek updates on a Wednesday evening so do

look out for those in your feed and in this episode we'll be dissecting the

Labour Party's manifesto the most radical inner generation as its build, to see whether the sums

add up and whether it can revive Jeremy Corbyn's stalling campaign. We'll also be

looking at the Lib Dems policy platform and whether the first TV debate has changed much.

Plus I'll be speaking to two of our podcast regulars on the road in marginal seats.

So first of all I'm delighted to be joined by our political editor George Parker

economics editor Chris Giles, columnist Robert Shrimsley and Whitehall

correspondent Seppain. Chris and George let's take a look at this labor manifesto.

I mean even though clearly we're expecting the Conservative manifesto

over this weekend and they've already been signs that the Tory party

wants to turn on the spending taps.

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